All Stories
- Chemistry
Smelly Traps for Lampreys
Researchers tap into a sea lamprey's sense of smell to keep these fish under control.
- Space
Gravity Tractor as Asteroid Mover
A huge spacecraft could use its gravity to keep an asteroid from hitting Earth.
- Plants
Nature’s Alphabet
Plants, animals, and other natural objects may bear patterns that resemble letters, numbers, and other figures.
- Planets
Pluto’s New Moons
Astronomers have spotted two objects that may be previously unknown moons of Pluto.
- Animals
Mouse Songs
Male mice appear to string together chirpy, high-pitched noises to create songs.
- Physics
Challenging the forces of nature
Young scientists competed in several science challenges to understand and tame the forces of nature.
- Brain
Reading Body Language
The emotion that your body shows may have a stronger effect than what your face says.
- Environment
Forests as a tsunami shield
Trees appear to protect seaside settlements from the worst effects of a tsunami.
- Animals
Fishing for Giant Squid
An underwater camera has snapped the first pictures of a live giant squid.
- Animals
Sea lilies on the run
A video shows that sea animals known as stalked crinoids do more than just creep along.
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- Tech
A change in time
To help save energy, daylight saving time in the year 2007 will start earlier and end later than it does now.
